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Subject: Re: The girl who cried wolf/ to Courtney

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Courtney

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Date Posted: 13:44:51 10/17/04 Sun
In reply to: Deb 's message, "Re: The girl who cried wolf/ to Courtney" on 20:43:18 10/16/04 Sat

I'm sorry Deb I was not saying that I agree that it is a stupid diet thing. I know that it is not. I know that it is a disease. I do suffer from depression, and I look here for people like me to talk to and I hate the thought that I have offended you. I know that it is a big control issue. I know what I feel and I just wanted to say that I am really very sorry!
Courtney
>
>Well, again (and no offense) but I don't appreciate
>someone saying that I've been on a stupid diet thing
>or a fad for 26 years of my life. Like the majority
>of people genuinely suffering from an ED, I also
>suffer from depression - BOTH of which are categorized
>by the medical and insurance communities as Mental
>Health Diseases and issues.
>
>Perhaps for your mother it was just a crazy diet thing
>she got into her head in College and was restricting
>for a month then stopped. That is not by any means
>anorexia so for her it maybe was a crazy diet thing
>but she shouldn't make light of what anorexia and
>bulimia are and entail in a person's life and
>generalize everyone into her category. I was just
>arguing the implication I read in your message and
>wanted to set the record straight is all.
>
>You need to be diagnosed because we don't know the
>details (how long you've been doing this, etc.) but it
>sure sounds like at least the beginning of bulimia.
>After all, I turned from anorexia to bulimia because I
>was tired of being hungry all the time. I thought I
>was the only one who discovered something new and it
>started with me thinking to myself, it's the greatest
>"diet". Until I lost control and it controlled me.
>That's the difference.
>
>Deb

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Re: The girl who cried wolf/ to Courtney	Deb	07:10:19 10/18/04 Mon